Street Boy

by Walter Skinner

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This piece is part of our Fall/Winter 2020 print issue.

Walter Skinner

WALTER SKINNER is a Korean and African-American poet from Browns Mills, New Jersey. Since graduating from New Jersey City University in 2013, Walter has completed his cross-genre creative non-fiction work titled Chikara Roja: The Art of Conquering the Moment. Currently, he is in Browns Mills, writing poetry and researching new ways to stretch the craft that is life in words.

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